All the parents hearing that their child has been killed. All the young people who will never grow up to have the lives they were to lead.
I find one of the (many) horrifying aspects of this tragedy is the news coverage itself. I’ve been getting my news updates from cnn for the most part. No particular reason, but that is the first place I went. So let’s look at some of the video links that are up as I write this:
Watch students react to shooting.
Watch gunfire on the campus.
Watch student describe surviving by playing dead.
Is this reporting or sensationalizing a story that does not need “pumping up”?
And don’t get me started on those sick fucks with perfect hair running around trying to get exclusives from shattered students and parents who won’t remember tomorrow what they say today. That’s not news. That’s journalism at the level of Jerry Springer.
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It is really terrible what has happened but I try not to watch the sensationalised TV reports – not that it is too bad here in Australia but I am guessing it is full on in the US.
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…and this is reason #8723 why I refuse to get my news from them.
I turned on CNN this morning and it was a non-stop feed of them interviewing students, I just had to turn it off.
There is no reason we need 500 24-hour news network channels. I saw some of CNN last night where Anderson Cooper was talking with a kid who apparently got convicted in another shooting. WTF does he have to do with it? They’re digging stuff up so they can have it on the air and it’s disgusting.
I’m staying away from tv for exactly this reason. My love affair with old Katie Couric began to wane when she preyed upon the victims of Columbine. I just can’t do the circus again.
Amen
I couldn’t agree more.
I’m reading this as I’m watching Stone (my hair doesn’t move) Phillips interviewing a man who just lost his daughter.
I don’t know if seeing the images makes people feel like they can make sense of it. I certainly hope not. The incident was senseless. No one should become immune to the images…and that’s what I think the over-exposure does.
Great post!!!
I’ve had to turn it off. I can’t take it.
totally agree! it’s disgusting.
The constant coverage is nauseating, and totally unnecessary. I can’t handle it.
My TV stays off for about three days after any terrible tragedy because of those disgusting vultures. I literally see them as carrion birds, circling their weakened victims.
I’ve been fed up with all this media crap since Oklahoma City.
I should have kept the TV off this afternoon. I was sucked in to CNN. The same interviews and footage over and over..No more for me.
You know, I am actually refraining myself from watching the many videos released by news portals. It would be too depressing. And the fact that I am still “studying” in a university (despite being in Malaysia) still scares the shit out of me :(
I watched the weather network last night to avoid watching the vultures. It’s gross.
Yeah, I have been wondering about the coverage myself. Newscasts are covering every imaginable angle to this story — really, really reaching in some cases — and you know there are other news events we should be hearing about. It’s sad.
Part of my post this morning…
The media is still a pack of bloodthirsty ticks. Shoving microphones and cameras in the face of any grieving student they can find. God help them if they ever tried that to me. There is a time to grieve and the media needs not be a part of that. Not initially.